Even now, as a dead system, I would still recommend the Dreamcast. Sega's last hardware foray suffered due to the rise of casual gaming and Sega's chronic lack of advertising. It is, however, an excellent system with many excellent titles, in particular Shenmue and Shenmue II. You ought to be able to get one cheap now as everyone has moved on to the next gen, but if you are at a ll interested in gaming, I would recommnd getting one and then buying games from Amazon or mail order places. An undervalued system which suffered sorely form poor to non-existent advertising